General's Mansion in Yecheng.

Faced with the fact that the entire army was destroyed, although the King of Chu had forgiven him for his crime, Huang Zhong still could not get rid of this knot. Although Huang Zhong began to recruit troops in Jizhou again, although after dozens of days of hard work, he had recruited eight soldiers.

There are more than a thousand soldiers and horses, but Huang Zhong's melancholy mood has not been eliminated.

On this day, Huang Zhong rode alone out of the general's mansion and slowly walked towards the military camp outside the city. He saw the mighty recruits. Although Huang Zhong had a sad face, his eyes were bright. After passing several camps, Huang Zhong still left

Arriving at the old camp, where all the remaining troops were stationed.

After dismounting, Huang Zhong saw the remaining soldiers gnawing on the leg of mutton. Huang Zhong didn't ask any questions and went to the tent alone as if sleepwalking. The sergeants exchanged ominous glances, and one sergeant took the leg of mutton and chased him to the entrance of the tent.

The sergeant greeted him with a smile and said: "General, please use it! It was sent by someone from General Lu Bu's camp just now."

Huang Zhong asked: "Who is here? Are they those school lieutenants who are so eloquent in their writing?"

The sergeant told General Huang Zhong: "It's General Zang Ba! He personally sent these!"

"Oh?" Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, then asked again, "Did he say something?"

The sergeant thought for a moment and then replied: "He only asked the general why he didn't contact General Lu Bu's camp?"

Huang Zhong looked up to the sky and roared: "Have you told him that I, Huang Zhong, am almost sixty years old and have been fighting all my life? Do you still want me to face the humiliation of those small officials with swords and pens?! It's simply a question of asking questions.

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The sergeant was too frightened to speak.

Huang Zhong entered the camp and never came out again.

The captain next to him shouted: "That's not right. The general's eyes are straight. Nothing will happen, right?"

A captain next to him hurriedly said: "Go and have a look, go quickly!"

The captain hurriedly took a roasted leg of lamb, put it in a basin, and carefully put it into the tent.

The captain who entered the door was immediately frightened.

Huang Zhong had taken off his armor and helmet. He was dressed in white and was kneeling in the tent facing the south. He held a precious sword in both hands. Huang Zhong in the tent could only be heard shouting, "I, Huang Zhong, bring eighteen thousand people with me."

When my disciples came out of the pass, the whole army was almost wiped out, and there were less than a hundred survivors. I fought hard all my life, aiming to destroy Yuan Shao, but now my ambition has not been fulfilled, I have no face to see the King of Chu, and I can't be humiliated by military law for missing the military plane, so I can only do it myself

It’s over…”

The captain tried to dissuade him: "General Huang, General Huang..."

Huang Zhong said with tears: "This sword is the famous sword that killed King Loulan in the past. Please take it to report to the king and the general. Please..."

The captain's face turned pale, his eyes closed in horror, and the leg of lamb rolled down from his hand.

There was a "dang" sound coming from the other side.

A bloody sword stabbed him, and a stream of bright red blood snaked forward in front of him.

A heartbreaking cry came from the captain.

The soldiers were shocked by the captain who entered the room from behind. It turned out that this captain had blocked the sword for General Huang.

General Huang hugged the captain and said with all his strength at the end: "General, general, you must...lead us...to complete...the great cause of world unification...that you have always longed for."

In the big tent, a burst of shouts from Huang Zhong came.

Huang Zhong hugged the captain and slowly walked out of the tent, followed by the sound of trumpets and the majestic rumble of golden drums...

From this day on, Huang Zhong began to march towards the great cause of unifying the world.

In the past few days, Nie Zefeng once again led the four generals Gan Ning, Liu He, Jianglong and Fuhu to march towards Yecheng. On the way, Nie Zefeng issued an order asking General Chen Dao to report to Yecheng.

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In mid-June of 201 AD, Huang Zhong led his troops to attack north, and Chu King Nie Zefeng also arrived in Yecheng at the end of June. In Yecheng, Nie Zefeng held a grand welcoming ceremony.

Chen Dao's army passed through the gates of Yecheng amidst the resounding triumphal music of Juntian.

Immediately Chen arrived and accepted the cheers from all around.

The prisoners of war lined up and passed through the city tower under the escort of the Chu army.

It can be said that from this moment on, the battle to cross the Yellow River organized by the Chu army has ended, but the end is closely followed by the beginning, and the next important step begins.

This battle was a triumphant victory in the Nie Zefeng era. The young General Chen Dao led his army to the Great Wall. General Lu Bu's army also fought to the Zhangbei area today. The Battle of Mobei was fought by Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi.

The department suffered a heavy blow,

Although the body of Yuan Shao, who had been missing for nine days, miraculously returned to Yuan Shang's hands, the Yuan family had lost most of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou. The Yuan family could no longer gather more than 100,000 troops. From then on, the Chu army

Become the largest prince in the old Central Plains."

General Yecheng, temporary Chu palace.

General Gan Ning next to him gently presented Huang Zhong's Dragon City Broken Sword.

Nie Zefeng stared at the Dragon City sword for a long time.

But General Gan Ning still held it up without saying a word.

Nie Zefeng couldn't help but sigh: "In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a long road, with bloody yellow sand and broken halberds in the desert. The world was so vast, how could it be difficult to tolerate my flying general? A Dragon City sword was the only thing left by General Li Guang. Because of my

Due to a moment of negligence, General Huang Zhong almost fell into disgrace, and this time Huang's entire army was wiped out..."

Gan Ning let out a long sigh and said: "I am also deeply saddened to hear that General Huang's entire army was destroyed. This is something that has never happened before since the founding of the Chu Army..."

Nie Zefeng signaled, and the guard caught the broken knife and slowly held it down.

With merciless tears in Nie Zefeng's eyes, he said: "Pass an edict to make Huang Zhong's son Huang She the general. He will unify the army alone and put it under the control of General Huang Zhong."

General Gan Ning replied loudly: "Your Majesty, Sheng Ming."

Nie Zefeng quickly helped him up and said: "Get up, I forgot to tell you, I asked you to pass an order again, making General Lu Bu the Marshal of the North Road, and Chen Dao to be the Marshal of the East Road to control the frontline troops!"

After Nie Zefeng sent General Gan Ning away, Nie Zefeng, who had been working hard with carriages and horses, was a little bored today.

At this time, Ma Liang came in. Ma Liang told Nie Zefeng that Miss Zifeng had given birth to a child, but the child had not been named yet. Nie Zefeng was so happy for the first baby, but no one knew that Nie Zefeng's first

This son was not born to Miss Zifeng, but to Mrs. Cai of Jingzhou.

Nie Zefeng thought that Miss Zifeng had passed away, and his surname "Nie" meant double ears. The passing of Miss Zifeng meant the loss of an ear, so Nie Zefeng changed the child's surname to Chen and Xinglong.

At this time, Ma Liang seemed to know Nie Zefeng's thoughts and said: "Princess Cao Jie is also here, and Cao Zhang is also here."

Nie Zefeng walked happily to the courtyard at the back.

Inside the bedroom of Princess Caojie in the Chu Palace

At this time, a person shouted loudly: "The king has arrived..."

Cao Jie and his younger brother Cao Zhang were waiting for him.

Nie Zefeng entered the palace and opened his arms tiredly. Immediately, a palace maid came forward to change his clothes.

Nie Zefeng looked at Cao Zhang and asked, "Cao Zhang is here too!"

Cao Jie urged Cao Zhang and said: "Brother, hurry up and congratulate the King of Chu on the great victory!"

Cao Zhang hurriedly knelt down on the ground again and said in an adult tone: "Cao Zhang congratulates King Chu on his great victory!"

When Nie Zefeng saw Cao Zhang, he was a little funny and replied: "Okay, okay, I see how reluctant you are, how can you understand the significance of this battle to future generations."

Cao Zhang said nothing.

Cao Jie tried to smooth things over and said: "While the king was commanding the military, Zhang was also studying the Book of Documents recently!"

Nie Zefeng asked with interest: "Really? Did you read out the name list?"

Cao Jie quietly encouraged Cao Zhang with his hands.

Cao Zhang then started to take a step forward and said: "The Book of History says, 'The destiny of heaven is unpredictable, and violence cannot be relied on. If you have virtue, you will win the country, but if you don't have virtue, you will lose the country.'"

Nie Zefeng suddenly turned his head to look at his brother-in-law and asked sternly: "'Violence is not enough?' What do you mean?"

Cao Zhang replied calmly: "It's not interesting, just talking."

Nie Zefeng was angry and said: "Well, our Cao Zhang, Cao Gong's son is not interested in fighting. That's fine, since you don't want to be a general, then I will reserve a doctorate position for you at Taipei University in the future!"

After hearing this, Cao Zhang lowered his head and said nothing in embarrassment.

Nie Zefeng waved his hand angrily: "Go! Go! Go and read your book 'Violence is Not Reliable'!"

Cao Zhang had no choice but to retreat silently with aggrieved words.

There was an awkward atmosphere in the hall for a moment.

Nie Zefeng sighed: "The son is not like his father, what can you do? Think about your father being such a hero, but your younger brother is so bookish, how can he..."

Cao Jie hurriedly tried to smooth things over and replied: "Zhang'er is young, how can he know what he said..."

Nie Zefeng thought for a while and dissuaded him: "Don't cover up for him. I started receiving various trainings when I was ten years old, even younger than him! I don't understand why your brother and my brother-in-law are so kind and gentle.

Are you following the blood of your Cao family? But the Cao family is brave and good at fighting. Cao Ren and Cao Hong are all brave generals of the generation, but Cao Zhang has not inherited this at all?"

Cao Jie got a little angry and retorted: "How can the king say that? Yes, a talented person like the king may not come out in about five hundred years. Zhang'er can't catch up with the king? That's normal! The king can pass through several generations in one generation.

How can I find a son exactly like you with all my savings?"

Nie Zefeng was stunned and muttered: "Okay, okay, go to sleep, I haven't slept for three days!"

Nie Zefeng, who was lying on the couch, still sighed: "Every generation has its own ambitions!"

The next day, Nie Zefeng woke up early in the morning and asked Cao Jie: "Lu Bu's contribution to this great victory was so great that I didn't even think of how to reward him. How about the woman I asked you to look for last time?"

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Cao Jie, who was combing his hair, turned around and said calmly: "The people I sent to Xuzhou have found General Lu Bu's wife Yan, Chunjiao."

"Okay then, let's send Yan Chunjiao to General Lu Bu."

However, just after Nie Zefeng finished speaking, he added another sentence and replied: "Well, I will make her Princess Linzi and enjoy Linzi's taxes. This is great."

Cao Jie smiled lightly and said: "This is better, so that General Lu Bu will be more able to serve the king."
Chapter completed!